Farefax C.H. Farefax

County V^a

August

 

Dear Mother & Sisters

it is with great pleasure that I seat my self to wrigt you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope those fue lines may find you all enjoying the same blessing I have not heard any thing from you all for some time we have bein hear ever since the day after the Battle and will have to stay some time yet I do not think we will ever be atackted hear any more the yankeys got enoug of us up this way we gave them their portion in their battle of the 21^st I have writen to you twice since the / but have not received any answer from you yet I want you to wright to me as soon as you received this I wrot a letter to Mr Browning a few dayes a go I have not time to wrigt any more at present I send you enclosed the lords preyer whitch I captured from a yankey put it in a frame and kepp it nice and clean I have several things I would like to send home I have a set of gold busum studs I captured I will send them in my next tell Uncle Adam Rufe is well and has not received but one letter from him since we left home the rest of the Companey is well We have had but litle sickness in our companey nothing more but remain your afectunate

brother            T W Colla 

 

PS pleas wrigt and tell me whether you hear from Father and lewis I have not heard any thing onley that Floyd Brigade was at Staunton

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Farefax C.H.

Farefax County

V^a

            Care of Capt W^m Jones

                        1^st Regt V^a Caverley /

 

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you got my picture I sent

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